“Do you have any liquids in your bags?” – “No ma’am – just cocaine and marijuana!”
Talk about flying high. An almost routine trip between Jo’burg and London normally doesn’t seem like one worth stressing about.
Except this time, someone forgot to mention that they were carrying shed loads of whacky backy and 4 kilos of cocaine, and the police and customs officials were waiting anxiously to nick the whole lot of them. Heres one link to the story (there’s many more if you google.
Is it only me being cynical, or is the airline industry no longer a place you can claim you have a decent job. Granted, its very rare for an entire shift of both cabin and flight crew to be arrested on suspicion of trafficking drugs unless Aunt Lizzy’s border agency cops and the henchmen from her revenue and customs team smelt a rat (or marijuana more like it).
The court of public opinion already has its jury out, though due process would suggest that these 10 ladies and 5 gentlemen are innocent unless proven guilty….or maybe someone just sold them out.
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